Local Community News

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, has written to the Isle of Wight Council asking for comments made by ‘internal consultees’ on the controversial plans to build an asphalt plant on banks of the River Medina to be made public. The...

It’s that time of the year again when the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, will be travelling around the Island carrying out his annual Summer Surgery.  The surgery tour gives Islanders the opportunity to speak to their MP about issues that...

Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Hayes will launch the Youth Commission pilot for Hampshire and Isle of Wight today (Monday) in Winchester. The Youth Commission aims to make young people part of the solution to tackling crime and improving policing,...

Isle of Wight patients needing emergency care on the mainland will benefit from NHS staff having quicker, easier access to important information about them. The NHS Summary Care Record, which is being introduced across England, is a secure electronic record...

Two well known Island charities are teaming up to raise funds. On 29th September, the West Wight Sports Centre will be holding its popular West Wight Triathlon, and entrants are being encouraged to get themselves sponsored in aid of the Ellen MacArthur...

Partnerships for Renewables (PfR) has submitted an amendment to its planning application for two turbines at Camp Hill prison, which moves the closest turbine to nearby properties to a new location closer to the prison and further away from the...

Island residents are being warned about a rogue trader circulating in the area after a woman in her 90s was offered unnecessary work on her property in Sandown. No money was handed over by the elderly woman, despite them being...

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Marine Unit are continuing their appeal for information following the theft of a RIB (rigid Inflatable boat) from Yarmouth Harbour earlier this month. The boat was taken from the dinghy pontoon sometime between Saturday 6th July...

The Island's MP, Andrew Turner, has blamed the Isle of Wight Council's poor leadership as the reasoning behind a shocking Ofsted report, which Mr Turner has labelled as 'shameful reading'. Following a five-day inspection in June, Ofsted released a report...

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance marked the launch of ‘Minutes Matter’, a fundraising campaign to raise £1.5 million in cash and legacy pledges, at the ExxonMobil Fawley Refinery Base at Fawley near Southampton yesterday (Wednesday). An investment of...